A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace's partnership with DARPA to develop a ...

Venus Aerospace conducted its first powered flight last month, reaching Mach 0.9 with a drone. The 8-foot-long vehicle was dropped from an Aero L-29 Delfín aircraft at 12,000 feet and flew under the ...

On May 14, 2025 Venus Aerospace became the first in the world to successfully fly a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) — achieving what no government or private entity had done ...

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...

Texas-based startup Venus Aerospace clears a major hurdle in its new reusable hypersonic engine technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace has completed the first-ever test flight of a rotating ...

The 20th century was the age of the internal combustion engine. The fruits of industrial progress produced power plants tasked with everything from running generators to powering warplanes. The First ...

GE Aerospace has demonstrated what it claims is the world's first hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) rig test using Rotating Detonation Combustion (RDC) in a supersonic flow stream that could one day ...

Much like regular people when visiting a new and interesting place, actors get certain keepsakes when production on a film or a series wraps. It's usually small stuff, like a memento or a certain prop ...

It doesn't get much more badass in this world than a giant musclebound Australian man wearing leather overalls and a cape astride a seven-cylinder radial chopper with a dirt bike tire on the front ...

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